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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BALLARD P. SNYDER, OF BURKES GARDEN, VIRGINIA.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,435, dated May 10, 1881.

Application filed March 10, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BALLARD P. SNYDER, of Burkes Garden, in the county of Tazewell and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact deseription of the in- Vention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specifica tion.

My invention relates to an improvement in corn-planters; and it consists, first, in providin g the frame with suitable guides and making the seed-box vertically movable thereon, whereby the arms connected to the front end of the seed-slide will be raised out of the reach of the crank on the axle; second, in providing the front end of the seed-slide with two bent arms, which project forward and downward sufficiently far to engage with a crank formed in the axle, whereby as the shaft is revolved the seedslide is moved back and forth, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to produce a corn-planter in which the seed-slide is operated directly by the crank upon the axle and to make the seed-box vertically adjustable, so that when it is desired to throw the seed-slide out of gear it is only necessary to raise the box upward and suspend it upon a crossbar provided for that purpose.

Figure l is a plan view of my planter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the seedbox.

Arepresents an axle'having a crank formed at its center, and having one or both of the wheels B secured rigidly to its ends, so that when the wheels are made to revolve the axle is made to revolve at the same time. This shaft has the standards E journaled upon it, and secured to the inner siles of the standards is the frameC, upon which the other parts of the machine are supported. This frame consists of the two side beams, F, which have their front ends bent inward to ward each other and secured together, and which have their rear ends bent inward and downward, as shown, so as to allow the standard N to be. pivoted between them.

(ModeL) Secured to the front end of' 'the frame are the two handles D, which are s'ii-pported in position by the standards E, and which are connected together near their outer ends by the cross-bar H, which cross-bar is provided with a suitable projection, upon which the seed-box is suspended.

Rising upward from the rear part of the frame 0 are the two uprights G, which serve as guides for the seed-box I,which box is made vertically movable, so that it can be raised up high enough to be hung upon the projection on the cross-bar H. On each side of this seedbox are secured suitable blocks or guides,whichcatch over the sides of the uprights, and thus prevent the box from moving endwise in: either direction.

Moving back and forth through the seedbox, which is divided by a central partition into two chambers, is the seed-slideJ, which slide has secured to it in any suitable manner the two bent arms L. These arms reach a suitable distance beyond the front end of the slide, and one of them is extended forward somewhat in advance of the other. The lower ends of these arms reach downward below the lowest position which the crank assumes as it is moved by the shaft, and this crank catches in between the two arms, so that as the crank revolves it alternately presses against one arm for the purpose of drawing the slide forward,

and then against the other arm-for the pur- The seed-box is divided into twochambers,

so that two different kinds of seed can be sown at the same time, orso that seed may be dropped from one chamber and any suitable fertilizer from the other.

Secured to the under side of the seed-box is the guide K, into which the seed and fertilizer drop from the box, and which is then conveyed '(Mod el.)

B ..P. SNYDER.

' Corn Planter.

No. 241,435. PatentedMay 10,1881.

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